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A. M. BOLLINGER.

SHOE.

,645.' Patented June 9, 1896.

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S H O E SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,645, datedJune 9, 1896. Application filed December 26, 1895. Serial No. 573,816.(No model.)

To 6055 toil/01121 it may concern:

lie it known that L'ALEXANDER M. 130L- LINGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at \Villiamsport, in the county of Lycoming and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Shoe, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a one-piece shoewhich will be graceful in appearance, afford ease and comfort to thewearer, and which can be easily manufactured and will fit closelytoanormally-shaped foot and conform to the outline thereof.

\Vith these and such other ends in view as pertain to the nature of theinvention, the latter consists of certain details in the formation ofthe pattern or blank from which the upper is constructed, and whichhereinafter will more fully appear and be claimed, reference being hadfor a full disclosure thereof to the followingdescription and thedrawings hereto attached, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of aCongress gaiter formed from a blank cut in accordance with thisinvention. Fig. 2 shows the pattern or blank from which the upper isfashioned. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the blank partially folded.Fig. i is a detail View of the upper after the parts have been properlypositioned and stitched and prior to the application of the elasticgussets.

The same numerals of reference denote similar and corresponding parts inall the figures of the drawings.

The pattern or blank is oblong and approximately elliptical in shape andcomprises the vamp l at one end, the top or front 2 at the opposite end,the counter-stiffener 3 at one side and intermediate of the vamp and top2, and the back i at the opposite side and located between the said vampand top. A space 5 extends inward from the upper edge of the back -l;and is intended to receive an elastic gusset 6. A space 7, correspondingto the space 5, projects inward from the top edge of the back i and isextended longitudinally at its inner end andcontractcd at its outer end,approximating in outline an L form. This L-shaped space comes above thevamp, and its edges conform to the bottom edge and sides of the top orfront 2, so as to admit of the lat ter being stitchedto the edge portionof the vamp bordering upon the said space 7. The counter-stiffener 3,the top or front 2, and the back 4 are separated, as indicated by thefull lines, and the top 2 is crimped along the dotted line, and theVamp, counter-stiffener, and back folded along the dotted lines. A slit8 extends inward from the rear edge of the back at for a short distanceand is designed to receive the rear end of the vamp adjacent to thecounter-stiifener 3,, so that the latter may come within the back itwhen shaping the upper prior to the stitching thereof. This slit 8 isessential inasmuch as it also provides for the overlapping of the topedge of the vamp upon the top or front 2, whereby a neat and gracefulfinish is attained. hen the blank or pattern is properly folded to formthe upper, the outer edge or side of the top or front 2 forms with theadjacent edge of the back i a space corresponding to the opening 5, andwhich in the completed shoe is supplied with a gusset 6.

After the blank or pattern is folded and stitched, as shown in Fig. a,it is lined, pro vided with elastic gussets, soled, heeled, andotherwise finished to provide a marketable shoe, substantially asillustrated in Fig. l.

The spaces 5 and 7 are formed upon opposite sides of a line passingcentrally through the back a and at right angles to the length of theblank, forming a projection 9,whose ed gcs 1O incline slightly inopposite directions and form the rear sides of the gusset-spaces.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A shoeconstructed from single blank having the form substantially as shown,and comprising a vamp at one end, a part at the opposite end which isstitched to the vamp and forms the front, a side part folding andproviding the counter-stiifener, and an opposite side part having spaceson opposite sides of a line passing centrally through the back toreceive the gussets and forming the back and quarters, and having a slitto admit of the upper edge of the vamp overlapping the lower edge of thefront, substantially as set forth.

2. A shoe or Congress gaiter constructed from a single oblong blankhaving the form substantially as set forth, and comprising a Vamp at oneend, a part at the opposite end forming the front and stitched to thevamp,

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a side' part folding and forming the counterstilfener, and an oppositeside part forming the back and quarters and having spaces upon oppositesides of a middle line of the back to 5 receive the elastic gussets, andhaving an inwardly-extending slit to receive that end of the vampadjacent to the counter-stiffener,

whereby the latter will come Within the back and the upper edge of thevamp Will overlap 10 the lower edge of the top, the shoe being finishedin the ordinary way, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALEXANDER M. BOLLINGER.

W'itnesses JOHN H. SIGGERS, C. E. HAYES.

